Clear jelly on the whites of the eye

[cheeseandjam]

Tonight I noticed that my mum had some clear jelly on the whites of her eye. I examined her eye more closely but it didn't seem to move when she blinked. I have really bad Heath anxieties so don't want to google. Will obviously suggest that she visits optician but can anyone reassure me that it might not be anything sinister.

It could be dry eyes.

I know that sounds odd but dry eyes cause a clear film, for want of a better description, to form over the eye. You could describe it as jelly like.

Buy some 'gel tears' from the chemist (about £4) it may help her.

It's probably just pingeculae - google it and you can have a look at some pictures).
If it is crossing over the cornea and iris (coloured part of the eye) it is called pteryguim and again is very innocuous unless it goes near the pupil area.